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Historical Event on 10/9/2000
The Centre appoints Yogendra Narain as the new defence secretary and K. Sibal as the secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs while effecting a major bureaucratic reshuffle.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 10/28/1997 | Govt. extends ceasefire in Nagaland by 3 months from October 31. |
| 9/24/1629 | Jacques Specx appointed Governor General of Dutch-Indies. |
| 7/18/1947 | Indian Independence Act, signed by King George VI, was proclaimed as Indian Freedom Act, 1947. |
| 5/13/1997 | Doordarshan drops plans to enter the direct-to-home (DTH) mode of television transmission. |
| 5/31/1973 | Mohan Kumaramangalam, Central Minister, died in an air crash near Delhi. |
| 2/27/1993 | Rupee made fully convertible in Man Mohan Singh's third successive budget. |
| 9/2/1996 | Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand beats Garry Kasparov in Rapid Chess tournament in Geneva. |
| 6/5/1879 | Narayan Malhar Joshi, father of Labour Union Movement in India, was born at Goregaon in the Kolaba district, Maharashtra. |
| 10/10/1964 | Ravi Shankar performs at Town Hall in New York. |
| 1/2/1905 | Jainendra Kumar, famous Hindi novelist and patriot, was born. |
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